Yahoo Finance Webservice API is down?

I've been using the Yahoo Finance Webservice for a few months now to fetch stock data in JSON format using the following URL: http://finance.yahoo.com/webservice/v1/symbols/JPM

However, as of today this is simply hitting a 404 error and I can't seem to find a possible work around. I understand Yahoo has made some changes to Yahoo finance and their other APIs. Does anyone have a potential solution?

Thanks.

[John Gwyneth]

This is the full URL I have been using: http://finance.yahoo.com/webservice/v1/symbols/AAPL/quote?format=json&view=detail--

[Andrew B.]

In times when Yahoo! Finance API is broken you can use CityFALCON's API for free.

[Denis Alaev]

Yes, historical data from http://ichart.finance.yahoo.com/table.csv is no longer working. I tried to find free or at least cheap alternative and found this one: https://eodhistoricaldata.com/ . It provides the data with CSV, exactly the same format as Yahoo Finance, then it's easy to switch, just by replacing URLs.

[Higinio Fuentes]

Yes we can forget Yahoo, :( I tried this, and is working! https://www.quandl.com/api/v1/datasets/WIKI/AAPL.csv?column=4&sort_order=asc&collapse=quarterly&trim_start=2012-01-01&trim_end=2013-12-31

[John Doe]

Also used this one's News Scraper Api. This guy I know personally. He's a developer

Answer 1

[Steven Lord]

According to this Answer, Yahoo changed part of the protocol of their API. That Answer includes a link to a bug report where you can apply a workaround for Datafeed Toolbox. Since it sounds like you are directly trying to access Yahoo via a URL rather than using Datafeed Toolbox, a little searching suggests to me that you want to try https:// instead of http://. If that doesn't work you may want to contact Yahoo directly to ask how to update the URL you are using.

Answer 2

[Artem Lensky]

There is a solution available, take a look at https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/68361-yahoo-finance-data-downloader